New River Valley Bureau Chief
Rachel DePompa has attended every day
of the trial.

Even though he'd been found
guilty, Rachel, this man's confession
must have shocked the courtroom.
LIVE=RACHEL FULL MICROWAVE LIVE FULL
*CG live Rachel DePompa
rdepompa@wdbj7.com Keith, it was like a scene out of
Blacksburg one of those courtroom dramas on TV.

When Gutersloh confessed, there
was a gasp in the courtroom and many on
the jury, covered their mouths in
horror. Some turned away and every

NOT A SINGLE DAY WENT BY. MR PLEASANTS
I'M SO SORRY. I AM SO SORRY. YOU HAVE

NO IDEA. I AM SO SORRY. :01
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OQ=I AM SO SORRY. (3RD TIME)

After nearly 7 years of waiting to hear
those words, Lori Pleasant's family
finally got closure. Just moments
before jurors were to decide his fate,
William Gutersloh unexpectedly took the
stand and admitted to killing
Pleasants.

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INQ=IT WAS AN ACCIDENT WILLIAM GUTERSLOH: 1:24:29:00 IT WAS AN

ACCIDENT. WE WENT BACK INTO THE BEDROOM
AND WE WERE HAVING SEX AND I CHOKED
HER. :36 IT WAS QUICK. I PANICKED. I'M
SO SORRY. :42
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OQ=I'M SO SORRY.

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INQ=he should pay RODNEY PLEASANTS:

4:53:00 HE SHOULD PAY FOR WHAT HE DID.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE JURY THOUGHT TOO.
:57 WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT JUSTICE IS
FINALLY HERE. :02
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OQ=finally here.

Family members say they were relieved
by Gutersloh's confession. But after

seeing him hide the crime for nearly 7
years and even go through a week long
trial, they still don't believe he told
the truth.

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INQ=Oh the jury was DONNA PLEASANTS: 6:59:00 OH THE JURY

WAS WONDERFUL 7:00:00 WE JUST THANK
GOD FOR THAT JURY. FOR THEM TO LISTEN.
TO HEAR THE DETAILS, AND TO KNOW THE
TRUTH.:08 WE PRAYED THAT THEY WOULD
KNOW THE TRUTH. ::-09
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OQ=know the truth. (second time)

Even Gutersloh's attorney, Deborah
Caldwell Bono didn't know he had killed
Pleasants until he told over the
weekend.

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INQ=If he had told me DEBORAH CALDWELL BONO: 9:44:00 HE IF

HAD TOLD ME FROM THE BEGINNING. I THINK
WE COULD OF HAD A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
OUTCOME. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT
APPROACH. I WISH HE'D SHARED THAT WITH
ME EARLIER. :52
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OQ=me earlier.

But for everyone who worked on this

case all those years, the confession
and sentence were the biggest relief.

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INQ=It's like a ship CHRIS REHAK: CHRIS REHAK: :34 IT'S LIKE

A SHIP THAT WAS BUILT BY A LOT OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND I JUST GOT TO
PILOT IT HOME :38 IT'S REALLY
REWARDING. :42
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OQ=really rewarding.

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INQ=They can DONNA PLEASANTS 6:43:00 THEY CAN TALK

TO THEIR SON. THEY CAN GO VISIT THEIR
SON. WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY. :51
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redesign of the Victory Stadium site,
additional athletic fields, new
community rec centers...
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INQ=Younger people ALFRED DOWE/ROANOKE CITY COUNCIL:

YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE SAYING WITH A PRETTY
LOUD VOICE, THESE ARE THE TYPE OF
AMENITIES THAT WE WANT.
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OQ=the type of amenities we want. But with new high schools under

construction, and other projects on the
table, city officials say larger
projects will have to wait.
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INQ=Now what I hear DARLENE BURCHAM/ROANOKE CITY MANAGER:

NOW WHAT I HEAR THE CURRENT COUNCIL
SAYING IS THEY WANT TO MAKE PARKS AND
RECREATION A HIGHER PRIORITY THAN IT
HAS BEEN, AND THAT'S VERY COMMENDABLE
AND I CERTAINLY SALUTE THAT BUT WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THAT INTO THE
FINANCIAL PLAN THAT WE HAVE.
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OQ=the financial plan that we have. City Manager Darlene Burcham says

it will be 2009 or 2010 before the city
can begin to think about the big ticket
items... but the city's consultant says
that not necessarily a problem.
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INQ=But as long as LEON YOUNGER/PARKS CONSULTANT: AS LONG

AS YOU HAVE A PLAN AND STICK TO IT THEN
YOU KNOW FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX YEARS IS
A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME FOR A GREAT
SIGNATURE PARK OR RECREATION FACILITY.
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OQ=park or recreation facility.

LIVE=JOE FULL NEWSROOM LIVE FULL

N7 AT SIX FS IN MONITOR The city is holding a public
meeting next week, to outline the
preliminary recommendations and receive
more feedback on the plan.
DOUBLE BOXES=JOE/KEITH DOUBLE BOXES

County School system is the latest
candidate to run for a seat on the
school board.
ENG#=2 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke Co.

David Wymer (WY-mer) announced
his plans this afternoon during a news
conference outside Glenvar Middle
School. Wymer worked as a teacher,
athletic director, assistant principal,
and central office administrator before
his retirement in 2003.
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INQ=I enjoyed every one

*CG 2line David Wymer
Roanoke Co. School Board Candidate DAVID WYMER/ROANOKE CO. SCHOOL BOARD
CANDIDATE: I ENJOYED EVERY ONE OF THOSE
31 YEARS WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS AND
THE TEACHERS IN THE COUNTY. I'VE HAD
FOUR YEARS TO GIVE IT A LOT OF
CONSIDERATION I'M CURRENTLY WORKING
WITH OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN THE
STATE AND I SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF
HAVING EDUCATORS INVOLVED AT THE BOARD
LEVEL.
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Dowdell are on the All-Defensive Team
together. The 2 came to Blacksburg
together as Freshman and have roomed
together all 4 years. The 2 Senior
guards both are from Florida and have
bonded ever since they stepped foot on
campus.
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have Tyler Hansbrough in the lineup for
the ACC tournament later this week, but
thanks to what happened in the final
seconds of the Duke-Carolina game
yesterday right here on WDBJ-7 - he
will be a masked man.
ENG#=3 VO-NAT

VO-NAT Hansbrough was fouled and

bloodied by Duke's Gerald Henderson on
what was ruled a flagrant foul.
Henderson got the boot and will miss
the Blue Devils opening round game
against NC State.

That we knew last night, but
today we found out that Hanbrough does
have a broken nose.

He suffered a small non-displaced
fracture and is being fitted with a
custom-made protective mask, if
everything goes as planned, Psyco T
should be ready for the Heel's first
tournament game Friday at Noon. The
fracture was discovered during an X-ray
this morning.

Overall it was a rough day for

Tyler - who injured a tooth earlier in
the game and will probably need a root
canal after the season ends.
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